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ArticleBioengineered2022

Fraxetin down-regulates polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) to inhibit proliferation, migration and invasion of prostate cancer cells through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) pathway.

Zheng Ma, Yanfang Sun, Weixing Peng

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Article in Bioengineered, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Fraxetin Ameliorates Cognitive Impairment in STZ-Induced Mice: Involvement of Suppressed Microglial Hyperactivation and Improved Mitochondrial Dysfunction.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2026
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  4. Anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic effects ofResearch in pharmaceutical sciences · 2025
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  10. Fraxetin alleviates BLM-induced idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting NCOA4-mediated epithelial cell ferroptosis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2023
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  11. Targeting PI3K/Akt signaling in prostate cancer therapy.Journal of cell communication and signaling · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zheng MaDepartment of Urology, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou City, China.
Yanfang SunDepartment of Ultrasound, Guanggu Branch of Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan City, China.
Weixing PengDepartment of Urology, Zhoushan Branch Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Zhoushan City, China.
Ruijin Hospital · CNSoochow University · CNWuhan Third Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fraxetin, a natural product isolated from herb

Indexed as

Prostatic NeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktApoptosisCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCoumarinsHumansMalePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesCoumarinsfraxetinPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasePhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPLK4 protein, humanProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktFraxetinPI3K/AktPolo-like kinase 4prostate cancer

Identifiers

PMID35387563
PMCPMC9161838
OpenAlexW4223504715

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